Sky
Sky
stands in the A.V. as the rendering only of . shachak (Deu 33:26; 2Sa 22:12; Psa 18:11; Psa 77:17; Isa 45:8; Jer 51:9), the thick black clouds (as elsewhere rendered) spread over the whole firmament; and thrice (Mat 16:2-3; Heb 11:12) of , the visible expanse of air (elsewhere heaven). In Scripture phraseology the heavens ( ), as the opposite of the earth (Gen 1:8; Gen 1:10), constitute with it the world (Gen 1:1; Gen 2:1; Deu 30:19; Psa 1:4), for which idea the Heb. had no other proper expression. According to the Mosaic cosmogony, the sky seems to have been regarded as physical, being a space between the upper and lower waters, or rather as a fixed expanse (, firmament) which separates these (Gen 1:6; Gen 1:8; Psa 104:3; Psa 148:4). Through this oceanic heaven were poured upon the earth rains, dews, snow, and hail (Job 38:2) by means of openings, which were under the divine control, and which are sometimes called windows (, Gen 7:11; Gen 8:2; 2Ki 7:2; 2Ki 7:19) or doors ( , Psa 78:23). In the sky hung the sun, moon, and stars as lights for the inhabitants of the earth (Gen 1:14 sq.), and above it sat Jehovah as on a throne (Psa 10:3; comp. 29:3; Eze 1:26). These, however, were rather poetical than literal representations (comp. Exo 24:10; Dan 12:3; Job 37:18; Eze 1:22; Rev 4:6), for there are not wanting evidences of a truer conception of the cosmical universe (Job 26:7; Job 36:7). SEE EARTH.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Sky
SKY.In the two places (Mat 16:2, Luk 12:56) where this word occurs in the Authorized Version of the Gospels, the term heaven is substituted in Revised Version NT 1881, OT 1885 . There is no doubt that this tends towards consistency of rendering, as heaven is the translation of the Greek word () elsewhere (see Redness of Sky). Where sky is referred to in the Gospels it is the usual sense of cloud region or aerial expanse that is intended. This was the primary sense, indeed, of the firmament, the vault above the earth. There is nothing in the two passages above to differentiate the sky from the heaven of Mat 24:31. The word is the representative of the Hebrew the upper regions. It reflects the old supposition that the firmament was an actual canopy above the earth. Still the figurative use of the term is indispensable even in scientific treatises (like, for instance, Tyndalls Fragments of Science). In both passages the immediate reference is to the meteorological interpretations of the colour of the sky.
W. S. Kerr.
Fuente: A Dictionary Of Christ And The Gospels
Sky
sk (, shahak, fine dust or cloud, apparently from the root , shahak, to rub, to pulverize; Samaritan: , shehakayyah instead of Hebrew , shamayim; sahk = cloud, small dust):
1. In the Old Testament:
The Revised Version (British and American) has skies for the King James Version clouds in Job 35:5; Job 36:28; Job 37:21; Psa 36:5; Psa 57:10; Psa 68:34; Psa 78:23; Psa 108:4; Pro 3:20; Pro 8:28, in which passages BDB supports the rendering of King James Version. In Psa 89:6, Psa 89:37 Revised Version (British and American) has sky for King James Version heaven. English Versions has sky in Deu 33:26; 2Sa 22:12; Job 37:18; Psa 18:11; Psa 77:1; Isa 45:8; Jer 51:9. The word occurs mainly in poetical passages.
2. In the New Ttestament:
In the New Testament , ouranos, is translated heaven (the King James Version sky) in connection with the weather in Mat 16:2, Mat 16:3; Luk 12:56. In Heb 11:12 we find the stars of heaven (the sky) as a figure of multitude. The conception, however, that the visible sky is but the dome-like floor of a higher world often makes it hard to tell whether heaven in certain passages may or may not be identified with the sky. See HEAVEN; COSMOGONY.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
SKY
Deu 33:26; 2Sa 22:12; Job 37:18; Mat 16:2
Fuente: Thompson Chain-Reference Bible
Sky
* For SKY see HEAVEN